The United States Federal Aviation Administration published a notice, on Friday, to warn drone owners—and the general public—of the legal ramifications of weaponizing a drone.
Yes, it sounds like something out of a movie but the...

Researchers and scientists have eradicated whole populations of mosquitoes on two islands in the Guangzhou province in southern China. They used a new radical technique to make male mosquitoes infertile.
Scientists released...

Amidst growing economic uncertainty, Bank of America is the latest lender to warn of the risks from falling interest rates. Most notably, the financier cautions that a major driver of bank profits will start to grind to a...

Sales are down at GameStop, across the board, as the retailer posted first quarter fiscal 2019 numbers are down 13.3 percent, largely on slowing demand for both new and pre-owned hardware and software.
For the quarter...

When you hear the words ‘bubonic plague’ it conjures up memories of reading about it in our history books in school recording the disastrous deaths of millions of people during certain periods in history. Way...

It should not surprise you to hear that a diet consisting of lots of sugary beverages is not a healthy one. A new study, published this week in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation, however, asserts...

According to the most recent survey form the National Association for Business Economics (NABE), we can probably expect the United States economy to fall into another recession by the year 2021. The NABE survey is among...

US stocks saw a bit of a bump to end the week as US and China wrap another round of trade talks; it appears investors are starting to get a little more confident that the countries will soon strike a new deal.
With that,...

The most recent data suggests that as many as one-third of all adults in the United States are not getting enough sleep. This is important, of course, because sleep deprivation can have many negative effects on the body and...

The United States Food and Drug Administration announced, at the end of the week, a recall of dog food over concerns they might contain too much Vitamin D. As such, ANF Pet, Inc, ELM Pet Foods and Sunshine Mills brands have all issued...

The United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced, this week, a multistate outbreak of listeria with origins traced to a Vietnamese ready-to-eat pork product manufacturer based in Houston, Texas. As such, Long...

Every few months or so it seems we get new guidance on what the best diet might be. Of course, the results tend to suggest that while most of us could stand to lose a few extra pounds by eating a little healthier and getting a little...

T-Mobile US beat expectations on Wall Street with its quarterly estimates for net new additions to phone subscribers and its profit, driven in part by its wireless plans and offers for trade-ins for iPhones that were aimed at fending...

Microsoft shares rose by up to 4% above their closing price of $102.32 on Wednesday following the posting by the company of earnings that were better than had been expected for the software giant’s fiscal first quarter.
Revenue for...

Autonomous vehicles will soon be on their biggest stage to date, in the nation’s capital Washington, D.C.
Ford announced on Monday a partnership with the district’s government to start testing its self-driving vehicles beginning...

Apple Inc. CEO Tim Cook said on Friday that a story claiming the internal computer systems at Apple were infiltrated by malicious chips inserted by intelligence agents from China should be retracted by Bloomberg.
However, Bloomberg...

UK fashion chain New Look reached a deal with creditors in the UK to shut its domestic stores during March and announced this week it will close all retail operations across China as part of the company’s wider review of international...

Paul Allen the Microsoft co-founder died from non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma on Monday. Jody, Allen’s sister, called him a remarkable person on every level.
In a prepared statement Allen’s sister said that while most knew Paul as a philanthropist...

Two big tech titans feuded Friday on social media over what is the best way to help the country’s homeless, a population that continues to grow across the U.S. in large cities.
Founder of Salesforce Marc Benioff tweeted support for...

Square, the payment company, announced on Wednesday that its CFO Sarah Friar would step down to take the CEO position at Nextdoor.
Shares of the company, run by Jack Dorsey the CEO at Twitter, fell by up to 8% in trading afterhours.
Square...

Netflix has announced that it is planning to acquire ABQ Studios located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The acquisition will be the first studio for Netflix and will create its production hub where movies such as Sicario, The Avengers...

When Pedro Franceschi and Henrique Dubugras met just over five years ago, they became inseparable over the mutual frustrations of having strict mothers that did not understand their ambitious and the love of coding.
The fears their...

Toyota and SoftBank want the transportation world to be changed through autonomous vehicles as well as other technologies.
The two high-profile Japanese based companies have formed a new joint venture known as Monet to develop their...

With the prices of oil reaching highs of four years, long ago dormant proposals allowing the U.S. to sue OPEC nations have been getting new looks on Capitol Hill, though they at one time were considered a longshot of becoming law.
On...

Facebook, which is already facing heavy scrutiny over the way it handles its users’ private data, said Friday that its computer network had been hit by a cyberattack that resulted in exposing personal information for close to 50...

An ex-employee at Google warned of the company’s disturbing plans for China, in a letter addressed to lawmakers in the U.S.
Jack Poulson resigned from Google last month, but before resigning he was a senior researcher with the company...

Mike Krieger and Kevin Systrom, the co-founders of Instagram resigned and are leaving the company in the next few weeks, which adds to the challenges facing Facebook, the parent company of Instagram.
Systrom, the CEO at Instagram,...

Last week rumors swirled over whether Adobe would buy Marketo. On Thursday the rumors became reality as Adobe announced the acquisition of the marketing automation business for a price tag of $4.75 billion.
Vista Equity Partners purchased...

Airlines love full flights but overcrowding at terminal gates is a side effect the airlines are not happy with.
United Airlines announced that its customers complained about the groups of passengers in and around its different gates....

As it attempts to eliminate fake news across social media, Facebook will expand its efforts of fact-checking in 17 nations to include both photos as well as videos to go along with the articles that are already being checked, said...

Amer Sports, the sports equipment maker based in Finland, has been approached with a takeover bid of €4.6 billion or $5.3 billion by Anta Sports based in China and FountainVest a private equity firm.
If the deal were to be completed,...

Amazon has gone beyond just English in one of the hottest markets for Internet in the world. This week the tech giant unveiled its version of a mobile website and app for Android in Hindi, which is the most popular language used in...

Former NFL quarterback Colin Kaepernick, who inspired the protest movement of NFL players, but who has not played in the NFL for over a year, signed a multiyear contract with Nike making him the face of the sports apparel maker’s...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said Monday that its new farm aid package includes direct payments of $4.7 billion to farmers that will help to offset the losses from the retaliatory tariffs placed on American exports the last few...

Last month Xiaomi went public and on Wednesday posted a profit of over $2 billion in the first earnings the smartphone maker has reported since its IPO.
The China based smartphone maker earned 14.5 billion yuan or $2.1 billion for...

The upcoming launch by Huawei Technology in the U.S. of solar panel control device is likely to collide with the new White House administration tariffs placed on electronics from China, which will undermine a new product analysts have...

A little over one year has passed since Uber’s then-CEO Travis Kalanick was forced out and this week the ride-hailing company posted new financials that showed continued growth with narrowing losses as it marches toward a possible...

McDonald’s Corp along with franchisees are planning to spend as much as $390 million to update 550 of their restaurants in California with the changes being completed by the end of 2019.
McDonald’s will modern dining rooms, install...

On Thursday, Dropbox announced that its COO Dennis Woodside was stepping down and his successor is not being named yet.
Dropbox stock rose initially and then dropped by over 10% after it also released earnings that were better than...

Apple Inc. on Tuesday told lawmakers in the U.S. that its popular iPhones are not listening to users without consent and are not allowing third-party apps to do that either. This came after lawmakers asked Apple if the users’ privacy...

DowDupont announced that it is expecting higher costs for raw materials will hit all units it has for the remainder of this year, even as an increase in its agriculture business was able to help the chemicals producer, based in the...

To remain alive MoviePass has had to make dramatic changes. The service, which allows its subscribers to see one movie per day at the theater, has increased the price for its standard plan to $14.95 per month from $10. The change takes...

Heineken NV, the second largest beer maker in the world cut its full-year margin guidance Monday after it posted earnings for the first six months that fell short of market expectations.
The Heineken lager, Sol, Tiger and Strongbow...

Amazon posted a big profit beat but came up just short on revenue for its earnings during the second quarter that were released on Thursday. Amazon shares were up 3% during extended trading.
Amazon’s earnings per share reached $5.07...

The former CEO of Fiat Chrysler Sergio Marchionne, who was the architect of the dramatic turnaround of the automaker, has died. Marchionne was 66.
A holding company of Fiat’s founding family, the Agnelli’s, Exor NV conformed on...

On Thursday, Comcast announced that it was dropping its attempt to acquire assets of 21st Century Fox that it was in a bidding battle over with Disney.
Comcast’s last bid was for $65 billion to acquire Fox’s movie studio that has...

Johnson & Johnson is hugely dissatisfied and upset over the decision made by jury that its products cause cancer; a verdict that they think is not true.
A jury in Missouri ordered that $4.69 billion be paid to 22 women, claimed...

The founder of pizza chain Papa John’s stepped down as it chairman of the board after apologizing for using a racial slur during a May conference call.
The resignation by John Schnatter has come months after he quit as the company’s...

Twitter stock dropped as much as 9% when it was reported that the company increased its suspension of fake accounts. Washington has wanted the microblogging company, to eliminate fake accounts, and now Wall Street has become anxious...

The long-promised plan by the Trump administration to reduce the cost of drugs might actually spare the pharmaceutical sector due to the fact that it has concentrated on more openness and private competition to reduce the prescription...